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October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 85 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Wednesday, Friday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Monday or Tuesday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Thursday or Saturday (56).
3761 BC – The epoch reference date epoch (origin) of the modern Hebrew calendar (Proleptic Julian calendar).
1403 – Battle of Modon: Genoese fleet under Jean Le Maingre (Marshal Boucicaut) is defeated by the Republic of Venice at Modon in the Peloponnese.
1406 – French troops comprising 1,000 men at arms landed on Jersey and fought a battle against 3,000 defenders.
1477 – Uppsala University is inaugurated after receiving its corporate rights from Pope Sixtus IV in February the same year.
1513 – Battle of La Motta: Spanish troops under Ramón de Cardona defeat the Venetians.
1542 – Explorer Cabrillo discovers Santa Catalina Island off of the California coast.
1571 – The Battle of Lepanto is fought, and the Holy League (Spain and Italy) annihilates the Turkish fleet.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day is skipped in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1691 – The English royal charter for the Province of Massachusetts Bay is issued.
1763 – King George III of the United Kingdom issues the Royal Proclamation of 1763, closing aboriginal lands in North America north and west of the Alleghenies to white settlements.
1777 – American Revolutionary War: The Americans defeat the British in the Second Battle of Saratoga, also known as the Battle of Bemis Heights.
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Kings Mountain: American Patriot militia defeat Loyalist irregulars led by British major Patrick Ferguson in South Carolina.
1800 – French corsair Robert Surcouf, commander of the 18-gun ship La Confiance, captures the British 38-gun Kent inspiring the traditional French song Le Trente-et-un du mois d'août.
1826 – The Granite Railway begins operations as the first chartered railway in the U.S.
1828 – Morea expedition: The city of Patras, Greece, is liberated by the French expeditionary force in the Peloponnese under General Maison.
1840 – Willem II becomes King of the Netherlands.
1862 – Royal Columbian Hospital (RCH) opens as the first hospital in the Canadian province of British Columbia
1864 – American Civil War: Bahia incident: USS Wachusett illegally captures the CSS Florida Confederate raider while in port in Bahia, Brazil in violation of Brazilian neutrality.
1868 – Cornell University holds opening day ceremonies; initial student enrollment is 412, the highest at any American university to that date.
1870 – Franco-Prussian War: Siege of Paris: Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a hot-air balloon.
1879 – Germany and Austria-Hungary sign the "Twofold Covenant" and create the Dual Alliance.
1912 – The Helsinki Stock Exchange sees its first transaction.
1916 – Georgia Tech defeats Cumberland University 222–0 in the most lopsided college football game in American history.
1918 – The Regency Council of the Kingdom of Poland declares independence from the German Empire and forms the Republic of Poland.
1919 – KLM, the flag carrier of the Netherlands, is founded. It is the oldest airline still operating under its original name.
1924 – Andreas Michalakopoulos becomes Prime Minister of Greece for a short period of time.
1929 – Photius II becomes Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople.
1933 – Air France is inaugurated, after being formed by a merger of 5 French airlines.
1940 – World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
1942 – World War II: The October Matanikau action on Guadalcanal begins as United States Marine Corps forces attack Imperial Japanese Army units along the Matanikau River.
1944 – World War II: During an uprising at Birkenau concentration camp, Jewish prisoners burn down Crematorium IV.
1949 – The communist German Democratic Republic (East Germany) is formed.
1950 – Mother Teresa establishes the Missionaries of Charity.
1958 – President of Pakistan Iskander Mirza, with the support of General Ayub Khan and the army, suspends the 1956 constitution, imposes martial law, and cancels the elections scheduled for January 1959.
1958 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
1959 – U.S.S.R. probe Luna 3 transmits the first ever photographs of the far side of the Moon.
1963 – John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
1977 – The adoption of the Fourth Soviet Constitution.
1985 – The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.
1987 – Sikh nationalists declares the independence of Khalistan from India; it is not internationally recognized.
1988 – An Iñupiat hunter discovers three gray whales trapped under the ice in Barrow, Alaska, US; the situation becomes a multinational effort to free the whales.
1993 – The flood of '93 ends at St. Louis, Missouri, 103 days after it began, as the Mississippi River falls below flood stage.
1996 – Fox News Channel begins broadcasting.
1998 – Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of Wyoming, is found tied to a fence after being savagely beaten by two young adults in Laramie, Wyoming.
2001 – The Global War on Terrorism begins as a result of the September 11 attacks. The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan initiates with an air assault and covert operations on the ground.
2003 – The governor of California, Gray Davis, is recalled in favor of Arnold Schwarzenegger.
2008 – Asteroid 2008 TC3 impacts the Earth over Sudan, the first time an asteroid impact is detected prior to its entry into earth's atmosphere.
2016 – In the wake of Hurricane Matthew, the death toll rises to 800.
13 BC – Drusus Julius Caesar, Roman politician (d. 23 AD)
1301 – Grand Prince Aleksandr Mikhailovich of Tver (d. 1339)
1409 – Elizabeth of Luxembourg (d. 1442)
1471 – Frederick I of Denmark (d. 1533)
1474 – Bernhard III, Margrave of Baden-Baden (d. 1536)
1482 – Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (d. 1553)
1573 – William Laud, English archbishop and academic (d. 1645)
1576 – John Marston, English poet and playwright (d. 1634)
1589 – Archduchess Maria Maddalena of Austria (d. 1631)
1713 – Granville Elliott, English general (d. 1759)
1728 – Caesar Rodney, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 4th Governor of Delaware (d. 1784)
1744 – Sergey Vyazmitinov, Russian general and politician, War Governor of Saint Petersburg (d. 1819)
1746 – William Billings, American composer and educator (d. 1800)
1748 – Charles XIII of Sweden (d. 1818)
1769 – Solomon Sibley, American lawyer, jurist, and politician, 1st Mayor of Detroit (d. 1846)
1786 – Louis-Joseph Papineau, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1871)
1798 – Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume, French instrument maker and businessman (d. 1875)
1821 – Richard H. Anderson, American general (d. 1879)
1832 – Charles Crozat Converse, American lawyer and composer (d. 1918)
1835 – Felix Draeseke, German composer and educator (d. 1913)
1836 – Henri Elzéar Taschereau, Canadian scholar and jurist, 4th Chief Justice of Canada (d. 1911)
1841 – Nicholas I of Montenegro (d. 1921)
1849 – James Whitcomb Riley, American poet and author (d. 1916)
1860 – Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (d. 1936)
1866 – Wlodimir Ledóchowski, Polish-Austrian religious leader, 26th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 1942)
1876 – Louis Tancred, South African cricketer (d. 1934)
1879 – Joe Hill, Swedish-born American labor activist and poet (d. 1915)
1881 – Mikhail Drozdovsky, Ukrainian-Russian general (d. 1918)
1884 – Harold Geiger, American lieutenant and pilot (d. 1927)
1885 – Niels Bohr, Danish physicist and philosopher, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
1885 – Claud Ashton Jones, American admiral, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1948)
1887 – Jack Russell, English cricketer and coach (d. 1961)
1888 – Henry A. Wallace, American lawyer and politician, 33rd Vice President of the United States (d. 1965)
1889 – Robert Z. Leonard, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1968)
1892 – Dwain Esper, American director and producer (d. 1982)
1893 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author and publisher (d. 1979)
1894 – Del Lord, Canadian-American actor and director (d. 1970)
1895 – Maurice Grevisse, Belgian linguist and author (d. 1980)
1897 – Elijah Muhammad, American religious leader (d. 1975)
1897 – Thakin Mya, Burmese lawyer and politician (d. 1947)
1900 – Heinrich Himmler, German commander and politician (d. 1945)
1904 – Armando Castellazzi, Italian footballer and coach (d. 1968)
1905 – Andy Devine, American actor (d. 1977)
1907 – Helen MacInnes, Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)
1909 – Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (d. 1990)
1909 – Shura Cherkassky, Ukrainian-American pianist and educator (d. 1995)
1909 – Erastus Corning 2nd, American soldier and politician, 72nd Mayor of Albany (d. 1983)
1910 – Henry Plumer McIlhenny, American art collector and philanthropist (d. 1986)
1911 – Vaughn Monroe, American singer, trumpet player, and bandleader (d. 1973)
1912 – Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, 85th President of Peru (d. 2002)
1912 – Peter Walker, English race car driver (d. 1984)
1913 – Simon Carmiggelt, Dutch journalist and author (d. 1987)
1913 – Raimond Valgre, Estonian pianist, guitarist, and composer (d. 1949)
1914 – Sarah Churchill, English actress (d. 1982)
1914 – Alfred Drake, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
1914 – Herman Keiser, American golfer (d. 2003)
1917 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006)
1918 – Harry V. Jaffa, American historian, philosopher, and academic (d. 2015)
1919 – Henriette Avram, American computer scientist and academic (d. 2006)
1919 – Zelman Cowen, Australian academic and politician, 19th Governor-General of Australia (d. 2011)
1919 – Georges Duby, French historian and author (d. 1996)
1920 – Georg Leber, German soldier and politician, German Federal Minister of Defence (d. 2012)
1920 – Jack Rowley, English footballer and manager (d. 1998)
1921 – Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (d. 2004)
1922 – Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
1922 – William Zinsser, American journalist and critic (d. 2015)
1923 – Irma Grese, German SS officer (d. 1945)
1923 – Břetislav Pojar, Czech animator and director (d. 2012)
1923 – Jean-Paul Riopelle, Canadian painter and sculptor (d. 2002)
1927 – R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist and author (d. 1989)
1929 – Graeme Ferguson, Canadian director and producer, co-founded the IMAX Corporation
1929 – Robert Westall, English journalist and author (d. 1993)
1930 – Curtis Crider, American race car driver (d. 2012)
1931 – Cotton Fitzsimmons, American basketball player and coach (d. 2004)
1931 – Tommy Lewis, American football player and coach (d. 2014)
1931 – R. Sivagurunathan, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and academic (d. 2003)
1931 – Desmond Tutu, South African archbishop and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
1932 – Joannes Gijsen, Dutch bishop (d. 2013)
1933 – Harold Dunaway, American race car driver and pilot (d. 2012)
1934 – Amiri Baraka, American poet, playwright, and academic (d. 2014)
1934 – Ulrike Meinhof, German journalist and activist (d. 1976)
1934 – Julian Thompson, English general and historian
1935 – Thomas Keneally, Australian novelist, playwright, and essayist
1936 – Michael Hurll, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
1937 – Christopher Booker, English journalist and author
1937 – Maria Szyszkowska, Polish academic and politician
1938 – Ann Jones, English tennis player and sportscaster
1939 – John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
1939 – Clive James, Australian television host, author, and critic
1939 – Harry Kroto, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2016)
1939 – Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
1939 – Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
1940 – Bruce Vento, American educator and politician (d. 2000)
1942 – Joy Behar, American talk show host, comedian and television personality
1943 – José Cardenal, Cuban baseball player and coach
1943 – Oliver North, American colonel, journalist, and author
1944 – Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong
1945 – Kevin Godley, English singer-songwriter and director
1945 – David Wallace, Scottish physicist and academic
1946 – John Brass, Australian rugby player and coach
1946 – Catharine MacKinnon, American lawyer, activist, and author
1947 – Chris Bambridge, Australian footballer and referee
1948 – Diane Ackerman, American poet and essayist
1948 – John F. B. Mitchell, English climatologist and author
1948 – Stephen Rucker, American composer
1949 – Dave Hope, American bass player and priest
1950 – Dick Jauron, American football player and coach
1950 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian colonel, economist, and politician, 4th President of Tanzania
1951 – John Mellencamp, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor
1952 – Vladimir Putin, Russian colonel and politician, 4th President of Russia
1952 – Jacques Richard, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1952 – Graham Yallop, Australian cricketer
1953 – Linda Griffiths, Canadian actress and playwright (d. 2014)
1953 – Margus Lepa, Estonian journalist and actor
1953 – Tico Torres, American drummer
1955 – Ralph Johnson, American computer scientist and author
1955 – Bill Henson, Australian photographer
1955 – Yo-Yo Ma, French-American cellist and educator
1956 – Steve Bainbridge, English rugby player
1956 – Mike Shipley, Australian-English sound engineer and producer (d. 2013)
1956 – Brian Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1957 – Joey Marquez, Filipino basketball player, actor, and politician
1957 – Michael W. Smith, American singer-songwriter and actor
1957 – Jayne Torvill, English figure skater
1959 – Dylan Baker, American actor
1959 – Simon Cowell, English businessman and producer, created The X Factor and Britain's Got Talent
1959 – Lourdes Flores, Peruvian lawyer and politician
1959 – Jean-Marc Fournier, Canadian lawyer and politician
1960 – Kevin Boyle, American historian and author
1961 – Tony Sparano, American football player and coach
1962 – Dave Bronconnier, Canadian businessman and politician, 35th Mayor of Calgary
1962 – William Johnson, German-English cricketer
1964 – Dan Savage, American LGBT rights activist, journalist and television producer
1964 – Paul Stewart, English footballer
1965 – Genji Hashimoto, Japanese race car driver
1965 – Kumiko Watanabe, Japanese voice actress
1966 – Sherman Alexie, American novelist, short story writer, poet, and filmmaker
1966 – Marco Beltrami, Italian-American composer and conductor
1966 – Janet Shaw, Australian cyclist and author (d. 2012)
1967 – Michelle Alexander, American law professor, author and activist
1967 – Peter Baker, English golfer
1967 – Toni Braxton, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
1967 – Luke Haines, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player
1968 – Thom Yorke, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
1969 – Malia Hosaka, American wrestler
1969 – Per Mathisen, Norwegian bass player and composer
1969 – Maria Whittaker, English model, actress, and singer
1971 – Daniel Boucher, Canadian singer and actor
1972 – Marlou Aquino, Filipino basketball player
1972 – Ben Younger, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1973 – Dida, Brazilian footballer
1973 – Priest Holmes, American football player
1973 – Sami Hyypiä, Finnish footballer and manager
1973 – Grigol Mgaloblishvili, Georgian politician and diplomat, 7th Prime Minister of Georgia
1974 – Rune Glifberg, Danish skateboarder
1974 – Charlotte Perrelli, Swedish singer
1975 – Giorgos Karadimos, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Damian Kulash, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1975 – Tim Minchin, English-Australian comedian, actor, and singer
1976 – Marc Coma, Spanish motorcycle racer
1976 – Taylor Hicks, American singer-songwriter
1976 – Gilberto Silva, Brazilian footballer
1976 – Santiago Solari, Argentinian footballer and manager
1976 – Charles Woodson, American football player
1978 – Alison Balsom, English trumpet player and educator
1978 – Alesha Dixon, English singer-songwriter and dancer
1978 – Zaheer Khan, Indian cricketer
1979 – Simona Amânar, Romanian gymnast
1979 – Aaron Ashmore, Canadian actor
1979 – Shawn Ashmore, Canadian actor
1982 – Madjid Bougherra, Algerian footballer
1982 – Jermain Defoe, English footballer
1982 – Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
1982 – Li Yundi, Chinese pianist
1982 – Lockett Pundt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1983 – Archie Bland, English journalist and author
1983 – Dwayne Bravo, Trinidadian cricketer
1983 – Flying Lotus, American rapper, DJ, and producer
1983 – Scottie Upshall, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 – Salman Butt, Pakistani cricketer
1984 – Toma Ikuta, Japanese actor and singer
1984 – Simon Poulsen, Danish footballer
1984 – Zachary Wyatt, American soldier and politician
1985 – Evan Longoria, American baseball player
1986 – Chase Daniel, American football player
1986 – Lee Nguyen, American soccer player
1986 – Gunnar Nielsen, Faroese footballer
1986 – Bree Olson, American porn actress and producer
1986 – Amy Satterthwaite, New Zealand cricketer
1987 – Jeremy Brockie, New Zealand footballer
1987 – Aiden English, American wrestler
1987 – Sam Querrey, American tennis player
1988 – Diego da Silva Costa, Brazilian footballer
1988 – Lauren Mayberry, Scottish singer-songwriter
1989 – Trent Merrin, Australian rugby league player
1990 – Sebastián Coates, Uruguayan footballer
1992 – Mookie Betts, American baseball player
1995 – Lyndon Dykes, Australian professional soccer player
1995 – Lloyd Jones, English professional footballer
336 – Pope Mark
858 – Montoku, Japanese emperor (b. 826)
929 – Charles the Simple, French king (b. 879)
1242 – Juntoku, Japanese emperor (b. 1197)
1259 – Ezzelino III da Romano, Italian ruler
1363 – Eleanor de Bohun, Countess of Ormonde (b. 1304)
1368 – Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician (b. 1338)
1461 – Jean Poton de Xaintrailles, follower of Joan of Arc (b. c. 1390)
1468 – Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini (b. 1417)
1553 – Cristóbal de Morales, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
1571 – Sufi Ali Pasha, Ottoman soldier and politician, Ottoman Governor of Egypt
1577 – George Gascoigne, English soldier, courtier, and poet (b. 1535)
1612 – Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian poet, playwright, and diplomat (b. 1538)
1620 – Stanisław Żółkiewski, Polish-Lithuanian commander (b. 1547)
1637 – Victor Amadeus I, Duke of Savoy (b. 1587)
1651 – Jacques Sirmond, French scholar (b. 1559)
1653 – Fausto Poli, Italian cardinal (b. 1581)
1708 – Guru Gobind Singh, Indian 10th Sikh guru (b. 1666)
1787 – Henry Muhlenberg, German-American pastor and missionary (b. 1711)
1792 – George Mason, American lawyer and politician (b. 1725)
1793 – Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, English politician, President of the Board of Trade (b. 1718)
1796 – Thomas Reid, Scottish mathematician and philosopher (b. 1710)
1849 – Edgar Allan Poe, American short story witer, poet, and critic (b. 1809)
1894 – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., American physician, author, and poet (b. 1809)
1903 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (b. 1832)
1904 – Isabella Bird, English historian and explorer (b. 1831)
1906 – Honoré Beaugrand, Canadian journalist and politician, 18th Mayor of Montreal (b. 1848)
1911 – John Hughlings Jackson, English neurologist and physician (b. 1835)
1919 – Alfred Deakin, Australian lawyer and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1856)
1925 – Christy Mathewson, American baseball player and manager (b. 1880)
1926 – Emil Kraepelin, German psychologist and academic (b. 1856)
1939 – Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon and academic (b. 1869)
1943 – Radclyffe Hall, English author and poet (b. 1880)
1944 – Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (b. 1918)
1950 – Willis Haviland Carrier, American engineer (b. 1876)
1951 – Anton Philips, Dutch businessman, co-founded Philips (b. 1874)
1956 – Clarence Birdseye, American businessman, founded Birds Eye (b. 1886)
1959 – Mario Lanza, American tenor and actor (b. 1921)
1966 – Grigoris Asikis, Greek singer-songwriter (b. 1890)
1967 – Norman Angell, English journalist and politician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1872)
1969 – Léon Scieur, Belgian cyclist (b. 1888)
1970 – Alphonse-Marie Parent, Canadian priest and academic (b. 1906)
1985 – Cemal Reşit Rey, Turkish pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1904)
1990 – Beatrice Hutton, Australian architect (b. 1893)
1991 – Harry W. Brown, American colonel and pilot (b. 1921)
1991 – Leo Durocher, American baseball player and manager (b. 1905)
1991 – Darren Millane, Australian footballer (b. 1965)
1992 – Allan Bloom, American philosopher and educator (b. 1930)
1992 – Babu Karam Singh Bal, Indian businessman and politician (b.1927)
1993 – Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (b. 1910)
1994 – Niels Kaj Jerne, Danish-English physician and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
1995 – Olga Taussky-Todd, Austrian-Czech-American mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle (b. 1906)
1996 – Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (b. 1903)
1998 – Cees de Vreugd, Dutch strongman and weightlifter (b. 1952)
2001 – Herblock, American cartoonist and author (b. 1909)
2001 – Christopher Adams, English-American wrestler and trainer (b. 1955)
2001 – Roger Gaudry, Canadian chemist and businessman (b. 1913)
2002 – Pierangelo Bertoli, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1942)
2003 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1932)
2003 – Arthur Berger, American composer and educator (b. 1912)
2004 – Tony Lanfranchi, English race car driver (b. 1935)
2006 – Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (b. 1985)
2006 – Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (b. 1958)
2007 – Norifumi Abe, Japanese motorcycle racer (b. 1975)
2007 – George E. Sangmeister, American lawyer and politician (b. 1931)
2009 – Irving Penn, American photographer (b. 1917)
2010 – T Lavitz, American keyboard player, composer, and producer (b. 1956)
2010 – Milka Planinc, Croatian lawyer and politician, 7th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1924)
2011 – Ramiz Alia, Albanian politician, 1st President of Albania (b. 1925)
2011 – Andrew Laszlo, Hungarian-American cinematographer (b. 1926)
2012 – Mervyn M. Dymally, Trinidadian-American politician, 41st Lieutenant Governor of California (b. 1926)
2012 – Ivo Michiels, Belgian-French author and poet (b. 1923)
2012 – Wiley Reed, American-Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (b. 1944)
2013 – Mick Buckley, English footballer (b. 1953)
2013 – Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1944)
2013 – David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (b. 1934)
2013 – Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (b. 1946)
2013 – Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (b. 1964)
2014 – Nika Kiladze, Georgian footballer (b. 1988)
2014 – Siegfried Lenz, Polish-German author and playwright (b. 1926)
2014 – Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (b. 1917)
2015 – Harry Gallatin, American basketball player and coach (b. 1927)
2015 – Hossein Hamadani, Iranian general (b. 1951)
2015 – W. R. Mitchell, English journalist and author (b. 1928)
2015 – Jurelang Zedkaia, Marshallese politician, 5th President of the Marshall Islands (b. 1950)
2016 – Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (b. 1930)
Holidays and observances
Christian feast day:
Justina of Padua
Henry Muhlenberg (some Lutheran Churches, Episcopal Church of the USA)
Osgyth
Our Lady of the Rosary
Pope Mark
Sergius and Bacchus
October 7 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
International Trigeminal Neuralgia Awareness Day
Italian Evacuation Day (Libya)
Teachers' Day (Laos)
The first day of Nagasaki Kunchi, celebrated until October 9 (Nagasaki)
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